Infinitely Losing My Edge
Yeah, I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
The kids are coming up from behind.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids from Nicaragua and from Mexico City.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids whose footsteps I hear when they get on the decks.
I'm losing my edge to the internet seekers who can tell me every member of every good group from 1962 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan kids in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered nineties.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
I can hear the footsteps every night on the decks.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975 at the first Throbbing Gristle practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay started up his first band.
I told him, "Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime."
I was there.
I was the first guy playing Roger Hodgson to the rap kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
Everybody thought I was crazy.
We all know.
I was there.
I was there.
I've never been wrong.
But I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent.
And they're actually really, really nice.
I'm losing my edge.
I heard you have a compilation of every good song ever done by anybody.
Every great song by Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme. All the underground hits.
All The Dave Clark Five tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Matthew Halsall record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a China Crisis record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Motorama,
Sarah Menescal,
Joy Division,
Royal Trux,
Terry Callier,
Tomorrow,
OOIOO,
Bobby Womack,
Y Pants,
Dennis Brown,
Skaos,
Babytalk,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
The Fire Engines,
Minor Threat,
The Electric Prunes,
Brass Construction,
Jerry's Kids,
Matthew Bourne,
The Fortunes,
the Swans,
Neu!,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Adolescents,
Agitation Free,
Faust,
The Trojans,
Donald Byrd,
Harpers Bizarre,
Lou Reed,
Vladislav Delay,
Animal Collective,
Barry Ungar,
Aswad,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Davy DMX,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Ronan,
The Index,
Henry Cow,
Amon Düül II,
Bluetip,
Man Parrish,
The Stooges,
Matthew Halsall,
Sandy B,
Lakeside,
LL Cool J,
Supertramp,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Janne Schatter,
Stockholm Monsters,
James White and The Blacks,
Wings,
Black Flag,
Delta 5,
D'Angelo,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Lindisfarne,
the Germs,
Rhythm & Sound,
Flipper, Flipper, Flipper, Flipper.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.